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Patent model of a Lithographic Printing Press

Huber, Berthold · ca 1873 · metal (overall material)

From the collection of National Museum of American History. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.

About this work

This patent model demonstrates an invention for a lithographic printing press which was granted patent number 145420. The patent detailed adapting a hand press to power. Power sent the stone under the scraper and returned it. The inking of the form and the placing of the paper were performed by hand.

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Subjects

Patents patent model press, printing Models press, lithographic, Huber Work and Industry: Graphic Arts

Credit linePatent model of a Lithographic Printing Press. ca 1873. Huber, Berthold. National Museum of American History. CC0.

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